You can click to order almost anything — but not without a human and environmental cost. This narrated slideshow takes you to the humungous, futuristic warehouses that handle our stuff, and to the people who live with the pollution they generate. Part of a BuzzFeed News investigation.

It’s well understood that we like to go fast. Taking into account the maxim that the medium is the message, the design of the thing that tells you how fast you’re going is as important as is the thing itself.
(via kottke.org)